– by Nathan Franklyn, Bartlett Tree Experts – Winter is here, but don’t worry, before we know it the sun will shine once again. Winter allows an opportunity to improve tree health and to prepare growing conditions for the not too distant bud-swelling spring weather. When admiring a tree we tend to look upwards when […]
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– by Paula Grympa, Outlooks Design – Unveiling your true space is always refreshing when the Christmas ornaments go away for another year. Then as we settle in to embrace January’s shades of grey days and dark nights our window coverings suddenly realize their full potential. When the evening approaches it is one of my
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– by Stu Rhodes – Some kids don’t know what they want to be when they grow up because, quite frankly, they truly have no idea. Not so with Cai Brown. His dilemma about what to be when he grows up spawns from having so many interests, so many talents, and so many offers. Just
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– by Doreen Marion Gee – This is the third in a six-part series of profiles on some great local businesses that are working to keep us all in good health. Self-denial seems inherent in our culture where putting ourselves first is labelled ‘selfish.’ Women especially are programmed from birth that their primary role is
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– by Huiyang Wang – In one of her paintings, May Ip-Lam portrayed a spectacular yet distinctive eagle through traditional and contemporary Chinese watercolours with rich dark mars-black and burnt-sienna strokes. Unlike other eagles in paintings, which either proudly fly in the sky with their powerful and wide-spread wings, or stingingly stare at you with
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– by Tina Kelly – Tina Kelly is an Ocean Advocate at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre. Visit www.oceandiscovery.ca for more information. Instead of resolving to lose pounds this New Year, Wendy Szaniszlo, a Research Assistant at the Vancouver Aquarium (VanAqua), suggests you resolve to “lose the loop.” Szaniszlo’s research focuses on marine mammal entanglements
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I have to admit that I’m a bit sorry to be saying goodbye to 2014. It’s been a good year for me! Did I mention before how happy I am to be in my new role here at Seaside? It’s interesting approaching a new year and wondering what can top the one that went before.
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After interviewing Beverley Elder, Executive Director for the Sidney Lions Food Bank (Can We Talk pg. 23), I realized Seaside is a little late on publishing this story. I guess better late than never though. We all know that local food banks exist but do we really understand the significance of them in our communities?
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Seaside Magazine welcomes your feedback! Send letters to the editor via deborah@seasidemagazine.ca or post your comments on our Facebook wall! Letters may be edited for space and content. Thank you so much for including our photo in the November issue ! Rebecca is thrilled and we have had a lot of great feedback. – Shawn Steele
– by Deborah Rogers – For me, it isn’t Christmas unless I have an advent candle to light each night through the month of December. We always had one when I was growing up, and I’ve continued the tradition for my own children. Having the candle on the dinner table and burning down a number
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